The Guide: The Wollowbrook sham deal
In its banner headline, 'The Guide' says in 1982 when the National Investigations Committee (NIC) and Citizens Vetting Committee headed by Mr Kwamena Ahwoi, were chasing Ghanaians up and down the country to account for their savings in bank accounts, three prominent members of the PNDC were engaging themselves in a sham transfer of ?3.2m for a bribe of almost ?480,000.
This, the paper says, was six months after the staging of the 31st December Revolution led by Flt. Lt. J.J. Rawlings.
The paper says in furtherance to its earlier reports on this alleged corruption by three leading members of the PNDC, which appeared in its March 7-13 and May 4-10 issues, it can today say, after reading court papers from the Queen's Court in England, that the three persons having taking an advance bribe of ?50,000, facilitated the first transfer of ?669,282.50 on or about July 27, 1982 from Ghana on behalf of Willowbrook International.
The paper says on August 20, 1982, another ?1,175,648 was transferred out of this country whiles the final transfer of ?1,318,248 was made on or about September 29, 1982.
It says they were all paid into an account of Willowbrook International with Standard Chartered Bank in England at Leicester.
The paper says it is reliably informed that President Rawlings and the Serious Fraud Office have copies of the recorded tape of the investigations and the report itself, which implicates some top ranking personalities like Ato Awhoi, but have done nothing about it. GRi.../
Daily Graphic: 7 billion BOG fraud case adjourned to June 19
In yet another front page story, the Daily Graphic reports that an Accra Regional Tribunal hearing the case in which three persons, including two top officials of the Bank of Ghana (BOG), are alleged to been involved in a fake $1.5 million cheque transaction, has adjourned the case to June 19.
The Evening News: Strikes, Demos won't deter us – NDC
The lead story of the Evening News quotes Nii Adjei Boye Sekan, Presidential Staffer for the Progressive Voluntary Organisations as saying "strike actions and demonstrations would not deter the government from pursuing its policies and programmes.
Nii Boye Sekan, who was addressing the Asante Regional delegates conference of the June 4 Movement over the weekend is said to have maintained that such negative actions by detractors of the government was to sway the minds of the people against it.
The Ghanaian Times: $30,000 stolen from CEPS office
The Ghanaian Times in its front page reports that more than 30,000 dollars and exhibits worth 6 million cedis have been stolen from a safe at the office of the head of Investigations Unit, Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) in Accra.
The Independent: J.J. is Ghana's problem
'The Independent', in a commentary on the celebration of June 4 featured in its front page, says Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings is Ghana's main problem as we struggle to institutionalise democracy in our beloved fatherland and motherland.
The Crusading Guide: J.H. Mensah Exposes Nana Konadu's lies!
The 'Crusading Guide' says Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, wife of the President, Mr J.J. Rawlings, and President of the 31st December Women's Movement (31st DWM), a supposed Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), using the latter as a smokescreen, has hit the 2000 general elections campaign trail, leaving behind her a catalogue of lies.The Ghanaian Democrat: Colour, pomp mark June 4
The Ghanaian Democrat reports in a banner story that a richly deserved colour and pomp were added to the celebration of June 4 anniversary for its special appeal this year, emanating from a number of reasons.The High Street Journal: Bui dam project to begin by 2001
Construction work is expected to commence on the Bui Dam by December 2001, the High Street Journal (HSJ) reported in a front-page coverage.The story says the project is expected to be completed by 2007 when all technical and environmental issues should have been adequately assessed and addressed.
